Pronunciation: /ˈbiːmə/(also Beamer)nouninformalA car or motorcycle manufactured by the company BMW.

Origin1980s (originally US): representing a pronunciation of the first two letters of BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) + -er1.

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After Bea Meyer got her bemired Beemer extracted from the mud, she continued the Rally with her navigator. They came in third despite of the mishap and invested a small bit of the prize money to wash and buff the car to its normal gleaming beauty. Coincidentally, Alan the Audacious of banana seat audax fame was not allowed to enter his Radio Flyer wagon because of the "wheels not meeting the minimum standards of Rally diameter."

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtəkʌɪn//ˈsɪtəsʌɪn/OrnithologyadjectiveRelating to or denoting birds of the parrot family: psittacine beak and feather diseasenounA bird of the parrot family: psittacines such as budgerigars and sulphur-crested cockatoos

Pronunciation: /dɪsˈlɛksɪə/noun[mass noun]A general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols, but that do not affect general intelligence.

Bob's dyslexia demanded dedicated effort to read his assignments. He had super support in school and at home with his mother and older brother reading along with him when necessary. His dad even scanned and reprinted the textbooks using the helpful opendyslexic font.

noun (plural ollies)(In skateboarding and snowboarding) a jump performed without the aid of a take-off ramp, executed by pressing the foot down on the tail of the board to rebound the deck off the ground.

I can well imagine svelte Stan making a jump with a skateboard or snowboard (had those existed in his heyday). But I doubt we'll ever see Ollie performing an ollie on whatever contraption. Though I'd love to see him try ...

Pronunciation: /ˈvɛrɪɪst/adjective[attributive] (the veriest) archaicUsed to emphasize the degree to which a description applies to someone or something: everyone but the veriest greenhorn knows by now

OriginEarly 16th century: superlative of very.

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Bob was the veriest web coder in the room. Of course, he had mistakenly entered a breakout session for the local Luddite society instead of the session on JavaScript tricks across the hall. That Bob didn't notice his mistake until halfway through the speaker's presentation might describe his current web coding level.

[Apologies for the illustration. It is pedestrian ,at best, and does not really illustrate today's word so much as the illustrious, illustrative sentences.]

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

You have made the veriest observations of my seated pedestrian which is now updated in the definition post with longer upper arms because somebody else pointed out his earlier version was looking like he had T-Rex ancestry.

The seated figure is a riff on the roadside sign used to warn drivers of an upcoming pedestrian crossing. The US warning sign has a walking figure in profile, but with no feet or hands. All my riffs tend to repeat that. I'm sure you are more familiar with one European version (which I hope I've replicated adequately). I cannot say much about the character of the hands and feet on that pedestrian either. And that head looks a little alien to me! I will say, the European pedestrian looks like he's crossing faster. Does that suggest anything about the drivers on the way to the crossing?

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Pronunciation: /ˈfablɪəʊ/noun (plural fabliaux /ˈfablɪəʊz/)A metrical tale, typically a bawdily humorous one, of a type found chiefly in early French poetry: one may dispute that the French fabliaux are pornographic [as modifier]: a distinctive feature of fabliau language

Pronunciation: /fləʊˈtɛl/(also flotel)noun1 A floating hotel, especially a boat used as a hotel.1.1 An accommodation vessel for workers on an offshore oil rig.

Origin1950s: blend of float and hotel; compare with boatel.

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Frank liked the life of a floatel captain. He enjoyed "parking" in different cities as his clients went from job to job, doing their construction or maintenance work. He didn't need to provide any entertainment, and the workers typically ate on shore so the galley was not overworked either. He also liked the trips between ports.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

George loved his HO guage trains. His entire basement was a vast setup with more than a dozen interconnected loops. George's father was the long standing organist of the city's cathedral where the organ was famous. George made his dad happy by naming all the towns in the train layout for organ stops. His main train yard was in "Diapason" and some of the other cities were "Dulciana", "Bourdon", 'Sifflet", "Bombard" and "Geigen." The Arduino-controlled sound synthesizer George had built played appropriate stop sounds as train whistles while passing through each of the cities. George's mom only asked that he turn the volume to a low level.

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.

Pronunciation: /və(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/noun1 A strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation: not all of us have a vocation to be nurses or doctors1.1 A person’s employment or main occupation, especially regarded as worthy and requiring dedication: her vocation as a poet1.2 A trade or profession: GNVQs in Leisure and Tourism will be the introduction to a wide span of vocations

OriginLate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin vocatio(n-), from vocare 'to call'.

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Family Business

His trade was to trade:A pill for a buck,A suit off a truck.Vocation? Be "made."

Words are a game. Sometimes I play alone, but you are welcome to play, too.